Antarctica vs Australia and New Zealand: Temperature change
Temperature change over time
- Antarctica
- Australia and New Zealand
How they compare
Australia and New Zealand currently reports 1.39 °C against 1.37 °C in Antarctica, a difference of 0.02 °C.
The two have swapped places 29 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Antarctica ahead.
Antarctica ranks 127th and Australia and New Zealand ranks 124th of 233 countries.
Australia and New Zealand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Antarctica | Australia and New Zealand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | -0.0803 °C | -0.0183 °C | 0.062 °C | Australia and New Zealand |
| 1970s | 0.039 °C | 0.062 °C | 0.023 °C | Australia and New Zealand |
| 1980s | 0.0383 °C | 0.3668 °C | 0.3285 °C | Australia and New Zealand |
| 1990s | -0.0434 °C | 0.5031 °C | 0.5465 °C | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2000s | 0.3544 °C | 0.6914 °C | 0.337 °C | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2010s | 0.6775 °C | 0.9591 °C | 0.2816 °C | Australia and New Zealand |
| 2020s | 0.5088 °C | 1.11 °C | 0.5972 °C | Australia and New Zealand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher temperature change, Antarctica or Australia and New Zealand?
- Australia and New Zealand, at 1.39 °C against 1.37 °C in Antarctica as of 2025.
- What is the difference in temperature change between Antarctica and Australia and New Zealand?
- 0.02 °C, with Australia and New Zealand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Antarctica and Australia and New Zealand?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2025.
- How do Antarctica and Australia and New Zealand rank globally for temperature change?
- Antarctica ranks 127th and Australia and New Zealand ranks 124th of 233 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Temperature change. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The FAOSTAT Temperature change on land domain disseminates statistics of mean surface temperature change by country, with annual updates. Statistics are available for monthly, seasonal and annual mean temperature anomalies, i.e., temperature change with respect to a baseline climatology, corresponding to the period 1951–1980. The standard deviation of the temperature change of the baseline methodology is also available. Data are based on the publicly available GISTEMP data, the Global Surface Temperature Change data distributed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies (NASA-GISS).